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Internal Market Scoreboard: Iceland and Liechtenstein must improve their performance

Once again, Norway has achieved a perfect implementation score
in the Internal Market Scoreboard, published by the EFTA Surveillance Authority
(ESA) today. Iceland has demonstrated further progress but still has much work
to do. Liechtenstein's performance continues to deteriorate slightly since the
previous scoreboard.

Chart showing the transposition
deficit of the EEA States.

Mr. Sven Erik Svedman, President
of ESA, noted: “Norway has continued success in its strategy for eradicating
the transposition deficit, and provides an example for other EEA States.
Iceland still has a long way to go. Unfortunately, Liechtenstein's deficit has further
increased since the last scoreboard. A well-functioning Internal Market
benefits both businesses as well as individuals. However, it only functions if
the States are willing to comply with the common rules, as they have committed
to under the EEA Agreement. ESA therefore urges Iceland and Liechtenstein to
take the necessary steps to improve the situation.”

The Internal Market Scoreboard,
published twice per year, monitors how Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway comply
with their transposition obligations under the EEA Agreement and in comparison
to the EU Member States. The deficit figure indicates how many directives
containing internal market rules and principles the EEA States have failed to
make part of their national legal order within the prescribed deadline.

Norway has the lowest
transposition deficit of all EEA States

Matching its performance in the
previous Scoreboard with a transposition deficit of 0%, Norway has once again
the best performance of all the 31 EEA States. Iceland still has the highest
deficit by far in the whole EEA with 1.8%, compared to 2.1% in the previous
scoreboard. Liechtenstein's deficit increased from 1.1% to 1.2% and only four
EEA States show a higher deficit. Therefore, there is still a need for
improvement in both Iceland and Liechtenstein.

The transposition deficit is one
of several different indicators used in the Internal Market Scoreboard to measure
the EEA States' compliance with implementation and application of Internal
Market rules. For a complete overview, download the full report below.

[1]
Regulations become applicable in Liechtenstein as soon as they have been
incorporated into the EEA Agreement and there is no need for any further steps
to be taken to make them part of national law. As figures on overdue
regulations are not relevant for Liechtenstein.